October 31st, 2015
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Now that the highly anticipated seventh episode of series 9 has been aired what did you think? Was it everything you had hoped for or not what you expected.
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Anonymous
November 1st, 2015 - 3:55pmI also like it when doctor who lives up to its age “rating 12” themes cuz I feel that people don’t take it seriously enough. This was a good example of how riveting and relatable the show can be. Although, since when have the zygons had electricity powers. In the 50th special I was always confused as to what their actual threat was. It would’ve been good for us to find out these critters could shoot lightning bolts two years ago.
Anonymous
November 1st, 2015 - 3:51pmYeeeeaaaaahhh
Anonymous
November 1st, 2015 - 3:50pmI bet that’s gonna have something to do with missy and the finale. Maybe loads of different alien species that are enemies of the doctor might cross breed to create even mightier enemies. Imagine a sontalurian
Anonymous
November 1st, 2015 - 3:48pmYeah. All those Americans added a nice movie like apocalyptic atmosphere. It was so cool.
Anonymous
November 1st, 2015 - 3:47pmHe used his sunglasses but it could’ve been hard to see in the dark dungeon lighting.
Anonymous
November 1st, 2015 - 3:45pmAs the writer of this episode, Peter harness, did a quite terrible job in last years series 8 episode 7: kill the moon, I think he has redeemed himself by writing a genuinely good and thrilling episode. Let’s just hope he pulls through and makes an even better second part.
Anonymous
November 1st, 2015 - 3:41pmAlthough I’m a bit psyched that they didn’t do a next time trailer
Anonymous
November 1st, 2015 - 3:39pmIkr. I had my suspicions of Clara being a zygon from the get-go because:
a) our quick-thinking Clara Oswald wouldn’t stand unsuspecting while watching a child being carried away screaming by his weird-behaving dad
AND
b) the first thing Clara would say upon returning the doctors 127 missed calls would not be “did you really call yourself doctor disco”
AND
c) Clara would be way more badass if she was trying to defeat some zygons
Anonymous
November 1st, 2015 - 1:33pmI’ve figured our how the doctor and osgood will survive the plane explosion
The cyber brigadier will fly in through an airlock at the last minute and save them both
Fool proof!
Olga
November 1st, 2015 - 1:27pmFinally! I waited for a good episode for 3 weeks and here it is. It was way better than the previous two which, in my opinion, were just a filler. I’m so glad to see proper villains. The story was engrossing and some funny moments were actually funny. I wasn’t really surprised by the fact that Clara was a Zygon but I liked the idea, anyway. I think the next episode will be even better.
Olga
November 1st, 2015 - 1:19pmI think there will be more action in the next episode.
the ergon
November 1st, 2015 - 1:15pmBest episode this series and cracking cliffhanger.
12thDoctor
November 1st, 2015 - 1:13pmThey PROBABLY bought …*shock* A NEW ONE!
Tim M
November 1st, 2015 - 11:46amVery good episode, and a great sci-fi concept of current real world events. ‘The Zygon Invasion’ was a strong start to this two-parter, with a very strong cliff-hanger also. At present, my favourite story this series would still be ‘Magicians Apprentice’ and ‘Witch’s Familiar’. But I’d give the first episode of this Zygon two-parter 8 and a half out of ten.
Obsie
November 1st, 2015 - 11:44amBest not to consider it as in real life situations appropriate resources always find a way of replacing things; simply accept it.
starshipalaska
November 1st, 2015 - 11:42amIt think it also helped to save on the budget – allowing us to have those awesome scenes in war-torn New Mexico!
Obsie
November 1st, 2015 - 11:41amshocked, not socked, lol.
Obsie
November 1st, 2015 - 11:41amSocked to turn into one yes, but to kill it in human form as his mother, big NO !
Lord President
November 1st, 2015 - 11:20amI hope next week we see more of the actual orange blobby Zygons being villains and killing or destroying! Feel like we need to see more of these “deadly creatures” actually BEING deadly to really feel the deadliness! May sound like I’m complaining but these are only minor issues! Overall was really amazed by the episode!! Felt like the Doctor Who we all know and love!! Really impressed by this series so far! They’re doing a great job! Only episode that did not impress me was “Before the Flood”, kind of disappointing! Also, the scene in “Zygon Invasion” where the soldier was confronted with his mother and didn’t know to shoot her or not was SPECTACULAR!! Really tugged at my heart strings!! Though I do kind of think we needed to see the soldier either shoot his mother/Zygon and be shocked or else see his mother transform into the Zygon and attack the soldiers! Finally finished, had a lot to say!
Lord President
November 1st, 2015 - 11:03amI completely agree Doctor Stu! I think, considering there were 20 million Zygons, we didn’t see a lot of them!!
Lord President
November 1st, 2015 - 11:00amI’m going to be honest, even though the whole episode was about alien shape shifters who can turn into anyone, I really didn’t see the whole Zygon – Clara thing coming!! I know it must have seemed obvious for some, but I was genuinely shocked! Even gasped a bit! It’s good to get a proper shock from Doctor Who!!! Really great episode!! Fantastic! Top notch!
The Sonic Monkey
November 1st, 2015 - 10:52amWell I have been waiting weeks to be WOW’d and it finally happened. What an episode.
Brilliant, this is the Doctor Who I have been waiting all season for.
Doctor Stu
November 1st, 2015 - 10:36amYeh but it’s not a rip it was an entire plane blowing up
Anonymous
November 1st, 2015 - 10:28amDo they REALLY have to explain every trivial detail…if so the show will have to be twice as long and would be full of mindless information
“Ooo, Clara I know you are wondering how on earth my coat was repaired…the last time you saw it, it had a rip…and now it doesn’t…and even though our priority is saving the universe, I know that the only thing you are going to comment on is how I repaired it even though it doesn’t really matter…and I am going to have to tell you because you cant come up with a explanation by yourself…so, late one night last week, I found a needle and thread and…..”
Obsie
November 1st, 2015 - 10:14amIt was the same effect, as for the question mark underwear :too much information for me, lol.
Obsie
November 1st, 2015 - 10:09amBut one get one free obviously, lol.
Doctor Stu
November 1st, 2015 - 10:02amThought the unit plane blew up last year it would have been nice to have an explanation
A
November 1st, 2015 - 7:27amIt’s slightly more realistic to have some “villains” as exceptions to the species as in this story. Most of the Zygons want to live in peace but some are using incidents and frustrations to start a war. If one lumps together all people of a group on the basis of the actions of a few this world is in trouble.
With only small exceptions some enemies on this show can’t be “good” (Daleks & Cybermen for example) so showing the ordinary, non-violent side of an enemy is a good thing even if the story focuses on the bad element of the Zygons. A very relevant story.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
November 1st, 2015 - 7:05amWoah, sorry all, ‘Day of the Doctor’.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
November 1st, 2015 - 7:05amSure was not expecting Clara to be replaced by a Zygon duplicate near the end of the story, that was unexpected, and yes, I am familiar with the old saying “always expect the unexpected!”, but the truth is, no one ever does, cos it’s not like you have that old saying flashing constantly on and off in your head 24/7 😀
I knew they’d throw in some scenes from ‘The Day of the Doctor Who’ to set up a bit of back story, that was a nice touch 🙂